Go Down, Moses, 263 (Event)

Page Number: 
263
Order within Page: 
2
First 8-10 words of event: 
Hunched in the slow and icy rain, on a spent
Page Event Ends: 
267
Era: 
Reconstruction (1866-1889)
Narrative Status: 
Narrated
Date: 
Saturday, December 11, 1886
Summary: 

Ike is appalled by the squalor in which Fonsiba and her husband live in Arkansas, but is unable to make the Negro man see how deluded he is about his prospects. When Ike asks Fonsiba if she is all right, she replies, "I'm free" (267).

Chronological Order: 
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Keywords: 
Allusion:Canaan, Freedom, Squalor, Frustration

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